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Farming & the land, 1937

3,937 stories in Riverina's papers · page 67 of 197

Pastoral Wages Prosperity Allowance Sought Court Decision Reserved A.W.U. Representative Quotes Wool Industry MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 2

Reserving his decision to-day on the application by the Australian Workers' Onion for an increase of 15 per cent in the rates of wages in the pastoral…

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Pastoral Wages Prosperity Allowance Sought MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 4

Reserving his decision on the application by the Australian Workers' Union for an increase of 15 per cent in the rates of wages in the pastoral…

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World's Exportable Wheat Rome

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 1

The International Institute of Agriculture estimates that the world exportable supplies of wheat at 700 million bushels, which is 24 million…

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London Wool Sales London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 1

The wool sales offering consisted mainly of New Zealand crossbreds, which were well cleared at full rates to Home trade. Other wools were…

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JAPAN Needs More of Our Wool SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 1

Mr. J. B. Creagh, buyer for a well-known Sydney firm, who returned to-day after a visit to the East, said that Japan wanted 200,000 more bales' of…

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Bishop Burgmann Pastoral Visit to Wagga Attends Concert Last Night By Anglican Girls' Club

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 2

Under the patronage of the Bishop of Goulburn (the Rt. Bev. E. H.Burgmann, MA, Th. Soc.) and in the presence of a packed…

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Wool Sales Continued in London Crossbreds Sell Well London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 5

The London wool sales were continued to-day with an offering of 7718 bales, of which 6374 were sold. The catalogue included 188 from New South…

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Dairy Sale

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 6

Dalgety and Company Ltd. (incorporated in England) report having conducted a clearing sale of dairy cattle on account of Mr. Geo. Brain…

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Wool Report

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 2
Also in The Gundagai Independent

The Farmers & Gingers" Co-operative Co. reports on 30th. April. Following on the termination of the main selling season in the Sydney…

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Wagga Wheat Quote

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 4

Wheat was quoted at 4/7 a bushel in Wagga yesterday, but little business was done. Agents here reported inactivity in the wheat market during…

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American Wheat Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 6

Chicago wheat options were quoted: May 128 3-8, cents a bushel; July, 118 cents; September 116 1-8 cents. Winnipeg futures: May, 131 cents a…

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Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 6

A private wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable message from Liverpool to-day: "Unchanged; sold parcel South Australia afloat 46/6;…

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London Wool Sales London

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day 8020 bales were offered, and 5891 sold. There was keen competition for crossbreds, but merinos were largely withdrawn…

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World's Wheat Exportable Supplies Exceed Estimates Rome

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 1

The International Institute of Agriculture states that the world's exportable supplies of wheat total 700,000,000 bushels, which is 24,000,000 bushels…

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Wool Industrialists Want Compensation in Japan TOKIO

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 3

Press reports that the wool industrialists are beginning to demand compensation for the higher costs brought about by the increased…

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Wool Industrialists Demanding Compensation in Japan Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 4

Press reports state that the wool industrialists are beginning to demand compensation for the higher costs brought about by the increased…

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Wool and Commodity Prices Effects of Easier Markets

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 5
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Textile fibres have not entirely escaped the effects of the recent general decline in world commodity prices, report Winchcombe, Carson…

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Japan Wants More Wool But Will Not Increase Australian Quota Woolbuyer's Statement SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 4

Mr. J. B. Creagh, a wool buyer for a well-known Sydney firm, who returned to-day from the East, said that Japan wanted 200,000 bales more of…

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